"In that film, Gen Z nostalgia for a hit video game met Gen X nostalgia for children's restaurants like Showbiz Pizza and Chuck E. Cheese. In the games it's based on, and in the first movie, our protagonist, Mike Schmidt (Josh Hutcherson), a down on his luck security guard, has to survive nights spent in a haunted children's restaurant called Freddy Fazbear's Pizza."
"Two years later, a sequel has all those creepy animatronics come blinking ominously back to life in a movie that takes us back to Freddy Fazbear's Pizza and beyond. The new film adds fresh lore here and there, but it mostly focuses on extending the action beyond the abandoned restaurant that gave the first film its spooky setting. And it introduces a few new characters, including one so obviously doomed, he might as well be wearing a giant bullseye."
Three new films open alongside major sequels and hits, including Zootopia 2, a Knives Out sequel, and Wicked: For Good. The Five Nights at Freddy's sequel revives murderous animatronic villains and expands action beyond Freddy Fazbear's Pizza while adding new lore and characters, including an obviously doomed newcomer. A light, amiable parody targets gilded-age sagas with broad humor and archetypal characters focused on marriage prospects. A filmed Stephen Sondheim musical offers an intimate capture of a Broadway run for theater fans.
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